tacit
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“But unlike physical abuse and neglect, financial abuse is more likely to occur with the tacit acknowledgment and consent of the elder person and can be more difficult to detect and establish,” it adds.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
Our belief in work as, in Tocqueville’s words, “a necessary, natural and honest condition of humanity” is no longer a tacit assumption but a disputed viewpoint.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Since October 7, settlers have established more than 175 farms and outposts in the West Bank with the tacit consent of Israeli authorities.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Bonta’s appearance comes as another major Hollywood merger appears to be sailing through its federal review with Trump’s tacit approval: Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110-billion deal for Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
It was an open-and-shut case, a fixed arrangement, a tacit agreement that there was no question of going back on.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
Vocabulary lists containing tacit
Lord of the Flies
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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